At the inter-religious faith meet, the Hindu and Muslim religious leaders reiterated their commitment to peace and harmony in the country.

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At the inter-religious faith meet, the Hindu and Muslim religious leaders reiterated their commitment to peace and harmony in the country

The meeting was held at Ajit Doval's residence

Naved Hamid of Majlis-E-Mushawarat and Salim Engineer of Jamat-E-Islami Hind were also part of the meeting

A day after the Supreme Court pronounced its verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held a meeting of religious leaders cutting across faiths. The meeting was held at Ajit Doval's residence.

At the inter-religious faith meet, the Hindu and Muslim religious leaders reiterated their commitment to peace and harmony in the country.

Naved Hamid of Majlis-E-Mushawarat and Salim Engineer of Jamat-E-Islami Hind were also part of the meeting.

This meeting comes a day after the NSA held a meeting with Avdheshanand Giri, Swami Parmatmanand and Baba Ramdev which lasted an hour. Saturday's meeting was to discuss the Ayodhya verdict by the Supreme Court which paved the way for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya.

The focus of the inter-religious faith meet was to maintain peace and harmony between the two communities and not allow anyone to spread mistrust or speculation in the wake of the Supreme Court's verdict on Ayodhya temple.

"We will conduct more meetings between the religious leaders of both sides to make way for peace in the future also. We will keep on talking to each other to prevent any issues of mistrust," Swami Parmatmananda said.

India Islamic cultural centre president Sirajuddin Qureshi and Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad Naqvi said that the verdict of Supreme Court was in favour of the entire society and should not be seen from the prism of victory or defeat by any forces.

Sunday's cross faith meeting was to take the message of peace forward, particularly in the aftermath of the Ayodhya verdict.

After the meeting, Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev said that they will ensure that peace and harmony are maintained in the country at any cost.

"All our religious leaders have appealed that we are with the country's Constitution and judiciary. We will maintain peace and harmony in the country at any cost," he said.

The meetings were conducted in the leadership of NSA Ajit Doval who personally spoke with each and every leader present in the meet. The religious leaders credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for the initiative to bring the religious leaders of "New India" together.

Talking about the meeting, Swami Chidanand Saraswati said: "I think that during the meeting one thing came out -- Ibadat bhale mil kar na kar sakein/Lekin apne watan ki hifajat to mil kar kar sakte hain [We may not worship together but we can protect our country together]."